Pawn Shops Get Busy as People Sell Their Stuff to Pay for Gas, Groceries
Pawn shops and pawn brokers in the United States and the United Kingdom are reporting record increases...
Oil Dips Toward Sub-$100 Prices as Media Messaging Turns Dissonant
News analysis As U.S. oil prices below $100 per barrel for the first time in almost two months greeted...
‘Red Flags’ and Background Checks: A Look at America’s Far-reaching New Gun Control Law
After a spate of highly publicized mass shootings, and with bipartisan Senate support, U.S. President...
Toronto to Bring Back Sikh Security Guards Fired Due to ‘Clean-Shaven Rule’
On Monday, July 4, the Canadian city of Toronto began rehiring contract security guards previously let...
Canada Offers 1.5-Year Extension to International Graduates’ Work Permits
Immigration Canada said recently that the country is extending post-graduate work permits to international graduates whose permits expired or will expire within a recent period of time. Meanwhile, the Canadian government has passed a bill...
Americans Burned Payday Loans and Credit Cards to Speculate on Digital Currency: Survey
Almost 22 percent of Americans who have taken to gambling on the promise of meteoric returns in the digital currencies market have done so through borrowing money, and often at extremely high interest rates. In...
Spix’s Macaw (Rare Blue Parrot) Experiment: Be Free, and Multiply!
The Spix’s macaw, with fewer than 200 living members — all in captivity — may be the world’s rarest bird. Due to poaching and habitat destruction, Spix’s macaw is on the verge of extinction. Despite...
Hyundai Slowly Catching Up to Tesla as EV Sales Soar
Hot on the heels of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla, Hyundai, as well as fellow South Korean car producer Kia, are making waves in the EV market, with sales of their models surpassing...
Canadians Will Be Required to Receive a COVID-19 Shot Every Nine Months: Health Minister
On July 4, Canadian Minister of Health, Jean-Yves Duclos, told reporters that Canadians will be required to receive a COVID-19 booster shot every nine months in order to remain “up to date,” asserting that the...
Xi Visits Hong Kong as Propaganda Touts Chinese Regime’s ‘Strong Leadership’ in Handling the City
Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong on Thursday, June 30 to mark the city’s 25th year since its handover from British rule on July 1, 1997. During the two-day trip, he met with more...
Independence Day–History, Tradition, Inspiration
Regarding Independence Day, most Americans would agree that we owe our freedom largely to The Declaration of Independence, a document written nearly 250 years ago that officially separated us from England; yet another document may...
‘Facts of Our Founding’: A Look Back at the 1776 Commission Report
Commentary This July 4 marks the 246th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed as “self-evident” that people are granted by a divine Creator the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. On...